Is it reasonable to believe that God created the universe in six literal days?
The length of time for the creation-week days has been demonstrated conclusively by many Bible-believing scholars to be only six literal days, the reasons are summarized as follows: • The appearance of the sun and moon to rule the day and night. • The interdependence of the created universe (Can green grass or living animals exist over a prolonged period of time without the sun?). • The Hebrew word yom, translated “day,” can have a variety of meanings, and sometimes can mean an indefinite period of time. It occurs over 2,000 times in the Old Testament, and it almost always certainly means a literal day. • The use of numerals before the word “day.” When the Hebrew word yom is modified by a number, such as “6 days,” or the “third day” (as it is some 359 times in the Old Testament outside of Genesis 1), it always means a literal day. • The words “evening and morning,” which always mean a true daily evening and morning, define yom some 38 times throughout the Old Testament outside of Genes
